Polished Aluminum Spinner

[Dave]

Well... it is stripped, sanded, polished..

Now, how do we keep it that way?

What do you guys use? How often?

Dave

[John P Kimmel]

Dave wrote:
> Well... it is stripped, sanded, polished..
>
> Now, how do we keep it that way?
>
> What do you guys use? How often?
>
> Dave
Clear powdercoat.

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On 11-Jun-2006, Dave > wrote:

> Now, how do we keep it that way?
>
> What do you guys use? How often?



We just wax it along with the rest of the airplane, usually twice a year or
so. The spinner still looks shiny after several years. Our plane is
hangared -- I suspect that it might get some discoloration due to water
spotting if was left outside.

Such stains, and others, can be removed using aluminum polish, available
wherever housewares are sold.

IMHO, a bare aluminum spinner requires less cosmetic maintenance than a
painted one, as paint tends to chip and get eroded by flying through rain

-Elliott Drucker

[Kobra]

> Now, how do we keep it that way?

It's a two step process...

Step One: Polish it
Step Two: Repeat Step One (often)

Kobra (with Polished Al spinner and black hands and fingers)

[Roger]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:07:34 -0400, "Kobra" >
wrote:

>
>> Now, how do we keep it that way?
>
>It's a two step process...
>
>Step One: Polish it

Which can take 2 to 3 hours.
If it takes that much work for a spinner imagine what it takes for
some of these planes that are polished instead of painted.

>Step Two: Repeat Step One (often)

And water spots are terrible things to behold.

>
>Kobra (with Polished Al spinner and black hands and fingers)

Corn Starch works pretty well.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com
>
>

[Dylan Smith]

On 2006-06-14, Roger > wrote:
> Which can take 2 to 3 hours.

On a spinner? Only if you allow a year's worth of tarnish to build up!
The entire polished half of our Cessna 140's fuselage only took about 4
hours. A spinner is a fraction of the size.

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[Jay Honeck]

>>It's a two step process...
>>
>>Step One: Polish it
>
> Which can take 2 to 3 hours.

2-3 hours? To polish a SPINNER?

Mary and I can do our spinner AND our prop in the time it takes to drink a
beer.

Well, two, if it's hot, and we're parched...

:-)
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[Mark Hansen]

On 06/14/06 08:57, Jay Honeck wrote:
>>>It's a two step process...
>>>
>>>Step One: Polish it
>>
>> Which can take 2 to 3 hours.
>
> 2-3 hours? To polish a SPINNER?
>
> Mary and I can do our spinner AND our prop in the time it takes to drink a
> beer.
>
> Well, two, if it's hot, and we're parched...
>
> :-)

Perhaps the spinner only "looks" finished (after you've had
the beer, that is) ? ;-)


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Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
Sacramento, CA

[Dave]

A TWO BEER job?

Wait till I tell Cory, he was worried. He will volunteer for the job
for TWO beers!

Dave

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:57:27 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

>>>It's a two step process...
>>>
>>>Step One: Polish it
>>
>> Which can take 2 to 3 hours.
>
>2-3 hours? To polish a SPINNER?
>
>Mary and I can do our spinner AND our prop in the time it takes to drink a
>beer.
>
>Well, two, if it's hot, and we're parched...
>
>:-)

[Roger]

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:57:27 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
> wrote:

>>>It's a two step process...
>>>
>>>Step One: Polish it
>>
>> Which can take 2 to 3 hours.
>
>2-3 hours? To polish a SPINNER?

Even if I do it every month it takes over an hour. It's as if the
water spots are eating their way in... Or maybe I'm just too fussy.
No, it's not that as it's probably more like lack of ambition.

>
>Mary and I can do our spinner AND our prop in the time it takes to drink a
>beer.
>
>Well, two, if it's hot, and we're parched...

You should never, ever, let your spinner get hot and parched.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

>
>:-)

[Kobra]

>>2-3 hours? To polish a SPINNER?
>
> Even if I do it every month it takes over an hour. It's as if the
> water spots are eating their way in... Or maybe I'm just too fussy.
> No, it's not that as it's probably more like lack of ambition.

Rodger,

I will second your observation. I polish my spinner about once per month
using NeverDull. It takes every bit of an hour, 1/3 of the can, three
dish-towel sized rags, a ton of elbow grease and two black hands and finger
nails.

It's always the water spots that drive me to polish it. It makes me crazier
than seeing my face covered with acne at thirteen, but at least water spots
on my spinner hasn't yet kept me from getting a date.

Kobra

[Fly]

I very surprised when I was shown to use flour or cornmeal on the rag. The
flour absorbs the black goo and makes the whole job goo much easier.

Kent Felkins

"Kobra" > wrote in message
...
>
>>>2-3 hours? To polish a SPINNER?
>>
>> Even if I do it every month it takes over an hour. It's as if the
>> water spots are eating their way in... Or maybe I'm just too fussy.
>> No, it's not that as it's probably more like lack of ambition.
>
> Rodger,
>
> I will second your observation. I polish my spinner about once per month
> using NeverDull. It takes every bit of an hour, 1/3 of the can, three
> dish-towel sized rags, a ton of elbow grease and two black hands and
> finger nails.
>
> It's always the water spots that drive me to polish it. It makes me
> crazier than seeing my face covered with acne at thirteen, but at least
> water spots on my spinner hasn't yet kept me from getting a date.
>
> Kobra
>



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[Kobra]

>I very surprised when I was shown to use flour or cornmeal on the rag. The
>flour absorbs the black goo and makes the whole job goo much easier.

Kent,

If that works I'm sending you a case of beer.

Kobra

[Bela P. Havasreti]

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:17:59 -0400, "Kobra" >
wrote:

What Kent said. Can I have some free beer too? 8^)

Bela P. Havasreti

>>I very surprised when I was shown to use flour or cornmeal on the rag. The
>>flour absorbs the black goo and makes the whole job goo much easier.
>
>Kent,
>
>If that works I'm sending you a case of beer.
>
>Kobra
>

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On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:49:07 -0500, "Fly" <fly at icu.net> wrote:

>I very surprised when I was shown to use flour or cornmeal on the rag. The
>flour absorbs the black goo and makes the whole job goo much easier.
>
>Kent Felkins
>

We use cornstarch-don't know why, but it seems to work OK

TC

[Fly]

>
> If that works I'm sending you a case of beer.
>
> Kobra


Want my address? I Like Warsteiner ...............

Actually.. I'll let you off easy with rain check.
My wife is from Europe and after drinking beer there I become spoilt.
America does not have good beer. I grew up craving Coors and Bud.
Now its horse ****.

Toecutter is right. Its cornstarch instaed of corn meal.

Kent Felkins
Tulsa




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[Dylan Smith]

On 2006-06-19, Fly <fly> wrote:
> My wife is from Europe and after drinking beer there I become spoilt.
> America does not have good beer. I grew up craving Coors and Bud.

Coors and Bud are not American beer. They are American, but they don't
count as beer.

Proper American beer is very good in the main. Try beers from local
independent breweries instead of the giants, and try something other
than lager (which is essentially what Budweiser is).
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